Bush Chooses Miers for Supreme Court

ap on Yahoo ^ | 10/3/05 | Deb Riechmann - ap

[jwalsh07]

O'Connor and Souter were both judges.

[jwalsh07]

I meant to say that Thomas and O'Connor were both judges. Sorry.

[WOSG]

"All I know is I'd rather have Bush making the appointments than sKerry or Gore."

Good point. The Roberts pick ALONE makes Bush's re-election Worth it!!

Let's be clear about it: On election night 2004, Rehnquist was already dying. A new chief Justice would hae been pickedl. A Kerry pick would have been a Breyer or a Ginsburg - a die-hard Liberal. That would have made for a DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT COURT FOR THE NEXT 2 DECADES.

Roberts will be like Rehnquist and is preventing a move to the Left of the courts. I dont know what Miers will be like, we shall see, but I'm confident she as well would be far better than any Kerry pick would have been.

[Dave S]

I meant to say that Thomas and O'Connor were both judges

You are right. I didnt realize Thomas served as justice for a year before being nominated to Supreme Court. Didnt realize that O'Connor had been judge. Knew about her legislative background, but not her judicial experience. Sorry.

[TSchmereL]

I never said the President had to ask anyone who he should nominate.

However, I do think the President should have enough respect for the people who elected him to make sure they know he is going to fight for what he promised them.

Bush did not promise us he would nominate an unknown on the basis of personal friendship.

Bush promised he would nominate a conservative like Scalia and Thomas.

So now am I just supposed to take Bush's word for it?

If Miers were a conservative like Scalia and Thomas, I think we would know it already.

Even Rush said this pick is weak and disappointing.

[Cobra64]

She's 60. W is about 58. BTW, my wife is 54 and looks 45. But I do not care about a person's age. If he/she is qualified, then that's all I care about. I'm in the tech industry, and because I'm grayin, I see discrimination against mature folks all the time. Until the client finds out that the youngsters have zero business experience. Then they bring in us "old gray-beards."

LOL. But true.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I'm 57. This woman looks like my mom who is 85.